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March 8, 1932. M CHENEY 1,848,935

AUTOMOBILE HORN Filed Jan. 16, 1931 INVENTOR I T? 5 MOSES E. CHENEY zIr 03202-22 5 Wan/mm m i in Patented Mar. 8, 1932v I UNITED STATES- Moses E. CHENEY, 0F TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO'MOTO mn'rnncanensa nanrrivrnn'r CORPORATION, OF, TOLEDO, 01-110, A oonronn'rlon on nnr'inwnnn AUTOMOBILE HORN Application filed January 16, 1931. ,Serial No. 509,243.

The main Object of my invention is to provide an improved construction of enclosure 'for automobile horns, such that an emblemcarrying cover piece may bereadilyreplaceable without the use of tools, but which piece when in place will be held in such a substantial manner that it will not be shaken out by the vibration of the horn or by shocks given to the automobileonthe road.

V ginal part of the cover and the replaceable margin with the back centre piece; 7 g V Fig. i is a corres'ponding view of the bottom part of the joint; I

Fig. 5 is a view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4. In thesedrawins I have illustrated my invention as applied to an automobile Signalling horn of thetype illustrated in the Cheron Design Patent No. 79,499, dated Oct. 1st, 1929. The characteristic appearance of this type of horn'is that of an enlarged watch case, comprising a back supporting piece A, Fig. 2, and a front cover B, the two being dished to receive between them the electromagnetic signalling means.

According to'my present invention I make the front piece in two parts, an outer marginal part B which is fixedly-united at its piece A, and a removable centre piece C. V "This removable centre piece 0 maybe made or provided with suitable ornamenta- .tion, as for example, the trademark of the manufacturer of the horn or of the maker of the automobile, or the .mono'gram of the owner of the car or theemblem of the club or association to which the owner ofthe car belongs, or any other desired indication.

a removable centre piece bearing his name ortrademark or the like,:but the dealer or the producer of the horn may readily remove I this centre piece and replace it by another bearlng some other name, or monogram or other indication, as desired. Dealers may be supplied with various types and styles of;

these centre pieces or medallions for just such replacements. For example in a given locality, it may be convenient to have a stock of medallions indicating that locality or indicating membership in a club or association of that localityL f 4 In order that these lions may be readily removable and replaceable without the use of tools, I form the margin of each centre piece or medallion C'with' a re-curved flange D at the back, which curved flange is cutat intervals Figs.'2 to 5, i

so as to produce a continuous series of bent spring tongues d.d, around the periphery of the centre piece, V i p x .The re-curving of the flange'D of themedallion .is such with relation to the opening centre pieces or medal.-

in. the marginal part B, of the cover thatwhen-the medallion is pressed upto the said marginal part-of the cover, the. spring fingers cld'will snap pasttheinner edge of the marginal part B" as indicated in Figs. 2, and 3,

while a folded rim G formed on the medal lion back of the fiange'D will lie against the outer face of the part B. V In order that the correct position of the medallion may beinsured, I provide a projecting tongue 6, at one point on the inner edge of the marglna-l plece B, to enter a corresponding slot (1 in the flange D of thecentre piece, asillustrated in Figs. l and 5.

' With the described constructiomthecen tre pieces can be readily replaced, but, owing particularly to the substantially continuous ring of curved spring fingers, centrepieces once inserted willnot' rattle -,or be knocked 1 outofplace by any Ordinary hard usage.

--Iclaim:

1. An automobile horn, provided with a front cover having a marginal part and a removable centre piece with a series of curved 1 spring fingers at its edge to fit intothe marginal part and retain the center piecein position,and a tongue and slot connection to locate; the position of the centrepiece.

2. An automobile horn, provided With a front cover having a marginal part and a removable centre piece with a series of curved spring fingers to fit into the marginal part and retain the center piece in position and a folded rim back of the fingers and COIIlJiDI iOIiS therewith to bear against the miter face, of the marginal p'ar't.v r l In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speifipatieii.

' MOSES E. CHENEY; 

